GENEVA -- The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said in a news briefing in Geneva ...

The World Health Organization on Friday said it was downgrading COVID-19 and no longer characterizing it as a global health emergency. The U.N. health agency first declared the coronavirus to be an ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 20, 2025 (ENS) – The first Pandemic Agreement in the world was today formally adopted by consensus as the Member States of the World Health Organization, WHO, voted during the ...

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a press conference at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. (WHO photo) The World Health Organization declared ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) never advised countries to impose blanket lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, and ...

Officials with the World Health Organization say it is never too late to turn the pandemic around and contain the virus. They're following the data from around the world and looking at countries ...

Fresh off his election as World Health Organization director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made his first overseas trip in August 2017. His pick to begin a five-year “world” reign: China. There, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two years ago, on March 11, 2020, one announcement changed people's lives forever. The world health organization declared a world wide pandemic. "We were celebrating my mom's ...

The organization has faced mounting criticism over its handling of COVID-19. The World Health Organization has faced mounting criticism in recent weeks over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The agreement was adopted after three years of negotiations, and its passage was welcomed with applause. “The agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action. It will ensure ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Members of the World Health Organization voted emphatically in favour of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on improving pandemic preparedness at the World Health Assembly on ...